Simulating the nonlinear optical physics that underlies ultrafast laser systems is computationally demanding—a practical ...

This focus issue explores some of the latest research in optics and lasers. It includes a report from the UK research centre that is driving a new approach to quantum computing based on integrated ...

They rank among the darkest and coldest places in the solar system: Hundreds of lunar craters, many of them at the moon's ...

A crater that never sees sunlight might sound like the wrong place to build delicate scientific equipment. Jun Ye sees it ...

A new scientific proposal outlines how placing ultrastable lasers inside the permanently shadowed craters of the Moon could ...

Scientists have shown that sunlight alone can generate quantum-correlated photons capable of producing “ghost images,” a feat ...

A new sound-based laser could measure gravity with unprecedented precision and reshape navigation technology.

Ultra-intense ultrashort lasers are powerful tools used in various fields like physics, national security, industry, and healthcare. They help researchers delve into strong-field laser physics, ...

To unlock materials of the future, including better photocatalysts or light-switchable superconductors, researchers need to understand how the valence electrons within materials respond to light at ...

Gisela Eckhardt was one of the early pioneers in laser physics, discovering the principle behind the Raman laser in 1962. Valdas Pasiskevicius, Richard Mildren and David Burman tell the largely ...